better'dbettered
Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.
- Puritas changed it
- 118 times in 91 works
- Consistency
- 99.1% (118 of 119)
- Reach if approved
- ~125 places (estimated)
- MorphAdorner
- Agrees: bettered
- Matches
- Exact word, any case
- In our text
- 119 times in the 7,099 works compared
- Other readings
- None
- Taken into joins
- None
If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (118 changes in 91 works, 99.1% consistent).”
Where Puritas made the change (8 of 118)
- Printed… they do not wiſh for Communion with God, or that they themſelves might be better'dbettered; but that their Duties were at an end. The Prophet is very ſharp againſt …With rule… they do not wiſh for Communion with God, or that they themſelves might be better'dbettered; but that their Duties were at an end. The Prophet is very ſharp againſt …
Nathanael Vincent · The Cure of Distractions · p. 70 · Open in the reader
- Printed… will not worke upon him. But ſecondly, it may be thou miſtakeſt; and art better'dbettered by that thou haſt ſuffered, but ſeeſt it not as yet, becauſe thy ſoule …With rule… will not worke upon him. But ſecondly, it may be thou miſtakeſt; and art better'dbettered by that thou haſt ſuffered, but ſeeſt it not as yet, becauſe thy ſoule …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 98 · Open in the reader
- Printed… were as bad or worse, neither melted and made pliable by his Goodness, nor better'dbettered by his Judgments, he spared, and by his Grace cleansed and changed us, that …With rule… were as bad or worse, neither melted and made pliable by his Goodness, nor better'dbettered by his Judgments, he spared, and by his Grace cleansed and changed us, that …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Psalm 130:4 · p. 114 · Open in the reader
- Printed… praying that all, even they that dispise it (if it be possible) may be better'dbettered by it; and in taking this opportunity of expressing my selfe, by this, as …With rule… praying that all, even they that dispise it (if it be possible) may be better'dbettered by it; and in taking this opportunity of expressing my selfe, by this, as …
Clement Ellis · Sermon Preached 29 May 1661 · Open in the reader
- Printed… to hear it. Nor heareth it not effectually, ſo as to be amended and better'dbettered by hearing it. Thus he does not hear it; and all becauſe he is …With rule… to hear it. Nor heareth it not effectually, ſo as to be amended and better'dbettered by hearing it. Thus he does not hear it; and all becauſe he is …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 227 · Open in the reader
- Printed1. Some Good men, I say, (and those, I hope, the greatest Part) are better'dbettered in the Sacrament, by an Improvement of those Graces which they bring along to …With rule1. Some Good men, I say, (and those, I hope, the greatest Part) are better'dbettered in the Sacrament, by an Improvement of those Graces which they bring along to …
John Kettlewell · Worthy Communicating · p. 250 · Open in the reader
- Printed… the holier theft. For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not better'dbettered by the borrower, among good Authors is accounted Plagiarie. However, this was more tolerable …With rule… the holier theft. For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not better'dbettered by the borrower, among good Authors is accounted Plagiarie. However, this was more tolerable …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 180 · Open in the reader
- PrintedThy Qualities and wit: both better'dbettered arc.With ruleThy Qualities and wit: both better'dbettered arc.
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 113 · Open in the reader
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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)
0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.